mySoil app for smartphones

Abstract/Summary

mySoil is a new free smartphone app from the BGS and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. mySoil lets users take a soil properties map of Britain with them wherever they go, helping them learn about the soil beneath their feet. mySoil is for anyone with an interest in the soil of Britain; including gardeners and vegetable growers, allotment owners, farmers and agricultural specialists, school and college students environmentalists and land-use planners. The app also enables the general public to upload information about the soil where they live, helping to improve BGS's knowledge about the properties of soils and the vegetation habitats that they provide. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mysoil/home.html